A/N: Based on an RP and this was a request that was left in the reviews for my Cherry and the Cyberchase story from a guest, sorry I don't know their name, they were just left anonymous. Anyway, remember to Read & Review, I only own OC's, everybody else belongs to their respective owners... Yadda yadda yadda...
Patch and Atticus were going to a rental store, Patch was in his human form so he could go in and wouldn't be forced to wait outside. Atticus said it would take a few minutes, but to a dog, it was always at least seven times longer. There were no movies that either wanted, so they decided to check out the video game section.
"Let's hope there's a game we both like." Patch said.
"Hmm..." Atticus looked around.
Patch looked at the games, since he was now human, he could recognize the words and read them a lot better than before when Atticus actually taught him how to read. He found it odd that there were colorful animal characters going on adventures and could talk and walk on twos instead of fours. He knew it was only a game, but it was an odd sight for a quadruped like him.
"Wow, some of these game characters just look weird." Patch said.
"Yeah..." Atticus could understand why he would feel that way.
"Can I help you find something?" a worker asked them.
Atticus and Patch turned to the worker.
"Uh, what do you recommend?" Patch asked.
"I'd recommend Crash of the Titans." The worker said.
"What's that?" Patch wondered.
Atticus liked the sound of that, he picked up the game. "I'll show you." he told his now human Dalmatian puppy and went to rent the video game for as long as he would like unlike videos which were returned after a few days.
The worker took the game disc out and put it in a rental box inside a baggy and handed it to Atticus after playing. "Happy Gaming!"
"Thank you, sir." Atticus said.
"I have a feeling this game is going to be so cool." Patch smiled.
"The Crash Bandicoot games really take me back." the worker smiled in game playing nostalgia.
Atticus and Patch smiled, then left the store, they kept going down the street until there was no one else around and Patch was able to turn back into his puppy form.
Patch stretched his four legs once he was a puppy again. "Walking around on twos is so strange sometimes..."
"Same could be said having to walk on all fours." Atticus said.
Patch glanced at him for a moment. "Touche... So, what are you going to do with the game?"
"Easy, play with someone," Atticus smiled. "Hm... Who should we play with?"
"Maybe with Cherry or Mo." Patch said.
Since the Brown house was down the street, Atticus and Patch went there first to see if Mo was home or not.
"Hopefully Mo's home." Atticus said.
Patch poked his head through the fence to find Colette, he looked around and spotted Danielle though with Copper. Danielle was laughing with Copper as they were alone together in the yard. Patch hid a smirk, he was sure about those two...
Atticus knocked on the door and found James. "Good afternoon, Mr. Brown, is Mo home?" he asked the man of the house.
"Oh, yes, she's upstairs." James said.
"Thanks." Atticus smiled, allowing himself inside.
Elizabeth was at her rocking chair and was knitting while Lady, Angel, Scamp, Tramp, and Colette were at her feet. Mo was humming a lullaby to Junior while carrying him to his crib since it was afternoon, which meant he just had lunch and had to take a nap right now.
"Oh, hello, Mrs. Brown." Atticus whispered as soon as he saw her carrying Junior who was now asleep.
Mo glanced over, she put her finger to her mouth, and looked back, tucking Junior in. "I love you, little brother..." she whispered to her adoptive younger brother and put up the bars once she had him in bed, then quietly left the room and shut the door behind her once it was just her and Atticus. "Mrs. Brown?" she then asked him, her voice a little higher now.
"Sorry about that." Atticus apologized.
Mo rolled her eyes with a smirk. "What's up, Tenderfoot?"
"Wanna come over and play video games?" Atticus invited.
"Hmm... I dunno..." Mo shrugged, she then went downstairs. "One sec."
Atticus nodded and waited.
"Mom, can I play video games with Atticus?" Mo asked Elizabeth.
"Of course you can, just be back in time for dinner." Elizabeth smiled.
"Yes, ma'am." Mo smiled back and came upstairs to tell Atticus everything.
Patch decided to see Colette before they would leave.
Colette smiled to Patch. "Oh, you startled me..." she giggled. "What're you guys doing here?"
"Gonna play video games with Mo it sounds like." Patch smiled.
Colette yawned. "What's a video game?"
"Oh, um, it's, uh, it's like, uh..." Patch said, trying to remember what it was.
Colette tilted her head and decided to save him the trouble from explaining.
"Sorry, it's just something you have to experience." Patch said softly.
Colette sighed, remembering how he could turn into human whenever he wanted to. "I guess I'll just have to imagine life as a human."
"Yeah, I guess." Patch said.
"Tell me about it." Colette shrugged.
Patch nuzzled against her, once he saw Atticus was coming downstairs with Mo, he then left with them. "I'll call you later!"
"Looking forward to it!" Colette called back as he left.
Atticus, Mo, and Patch then decided to see Cherry, having a good idea that she would agree to play video games with them.
"She'll totally say yes." Atticus said.
"Does Cherry like video games?" Mo asked.
"Yeah, this is gonna be a great night together." Atticus reassured.
"I wanna play too!" Patch spoke up.
"Then change into your human form so then you can play." Atticus said.
"Oh, of course..." Patch hit himself on the forehead with his paw.
Mo and Atticus laughed a little at that and continued to go to Cherry's house.
"This game sucks." Cherry growled once she was playing Castlevania. She then heard a knocking at the door and where she found this as a perfect time to put her game away. When she did, she came to the door and saw Atticus, Mo, and Patch.
After greeting each other, they went to the living room and talked about the game.
"I haven't played Crash Bandicoot in forever," Cherry said once she got the game console for the rented game. "My brother had the second one and I had the one where Crash and Coco time travel to get crystals from Cortex."
"Cool." Patch smiled.
"As you can see, it's been a while..." Cherry blew the dust off her Playstation that her brother gave her for Christmas when she was younger.
Patch found this very exciting, he was really on the edge and urged the game console to hurry up with starting up.
"Game." Cherry held out her hand.
"Game." Atticus handed the game to her.
Cherry took the game and carefully set it in its holder and popped the top on, pushing the power button. The black screen changed to a blue screen and the game was now loading up for them.
"Wahoo! It's loading! Nothing could possibly go wrong now!" Patch cheered.
"Ugh, why do you guys always gotta say that?" Cherry groaned, now knowing something would happen.
The game spun in the console, but there was scratching noises heard.
Cherry hit the power button again, popped the top up, and took out the disc. "The disc must be scratched..."
"Maybe or maybe it could be the console since it hasn't been used in a while." Patch said.
"That is a good point..." Cherry squinted her eyes to see if she could tell anything being wrong with the game situation.
Thunder seemed to rumble in the background. After rubbing the disc on her shirt, Cherry tried again and put the game in so they could play. Little did they know, this would be the start of yet another adventure all together now.
"Okay, let's try this again." Cherry said.
Mo, Patch, and Atticus sat down in anticipation. Cherry got the game ready in the console, she then lifted her finger up and pushed the power button to start the game. At first, nothing seemed to happen, but then, there was a bright light.
"Come onnn..." Cherry groaned, very annoyed about the game's refusal to be played.
"What's that bright light?" Patch walked to the screen.
"I don't know." Mo said.
The light then got brighter and was now shown as a portal.
"What is your deal?" Cherry mumbled, coming closer again, before being sucked into the portal.
"Cherry!" Patch yelped and bit onto her sleeve to pull her back in, but was sucked through the portal as well.
"Patch!" Atticus exclaimed and grabbed onto the Dalmatian puppy, trying to pull them out but gets sucked in as well.
"Atticus!" Mo exclaimed and grabs his left leg and tries to pull him out, but was sucked through as well.
Soon, they were all sucked in through the portal. The room was now empty with the game playing.